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will.
For this purpose did He send Her from the royal
throne, a faithful reproduction of his Son, and, like a
faithful copy of the Original, sealed Her, in as far as is
possible in a mere creature, with the attributes of the
Divinity. Her holiness was also to be copied by the new
evangelical Church.
22. "And He said to me : Write, for these words are
most faithful and true. And He said to me : It is done.
I am Alpha and Omega the ; beginning and the end. To
him that thirsteth, I
will give of the fountain of waters,
freely. He that overcometh shall possess these things,
and I will be his God; and he shall be son."
my The
Lord from his throne (says saint John), commanded me
to write down this mystery, in order to give witness to
the fidelity and truth of his words and of the works of
the most holy Mary, into whose hands He has pawned his
And because these sacraments are so ex
Omnipotence.
alted and hidden, I announce them in figures and riddles,
leaving it to the Lord to manifest them in the world at
his own time, and letting all understand, that whatever
is possible has been done for the restoration and welfare
of mortals. In saying
"it is done," God reminds men of
their obligations toward Him for sending his Onlybegotten
to suffer and die for them and to teach them his doc
trine; and for sending his Mother to assist and succor
the Church ;
and for sending the Holy Ghost to promote
and enlighten, to strengthen and comfort it with the gifts
He had promised. And since the eternal Father had
nothing more to give us, He says:
"It is done." As if
he had said: "All that is possible to my Omnipotence
and proper to my equity and bounty, I have given, and the
One who is the beginning and end of all that has being.
As the beginning, I give it by the omnipotence of my
will ;
and as the end of all, I receive all things, providing
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